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   oshy (ocean@raru.re)'s status on Monday, 12-May-2025 04:55:51 JST oshy

   You noticed how google search became unusably shit a few years ago?
   Turns out that was on purpose

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     Doughnut Lollipop 【記録係】:blobfoxgooglymlem: (tk@bbs.kawa-kun.com)'s status on Monday, 12-May-2025 05:19:55 JST Doughnut Lollipop 【記録係】:blobfoxgooglymlem:

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     @ocean Exactly why we shouldn't trust anything that's fully funded by ads. :blobfoxannoyed:
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     Roland Crosby (roooooland@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 12-May-2025 06:52:08 JST Roland Crosby

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     • Anil Dash

     @ocean @anildash this whole thing is based on a judge mischaracterizing the results of the research being done here; the point was that ranking *does* matter. here's a thread from a guy who was involved in this research: https://xcancel.com/moultano/status/1921596717381693751

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     Anil Dash (anildash@me.dm)'s status on Monday, 12-May-2025 06:52:31 JST Anil Dash

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     • Roland Crosby

     @roooooland @ocean thanks for this link!

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     Johnny Peligro (mischievoustomato@tsundere.love)'s status on Monday, 12-May-2025 09:44:31 JST Johnny Peligro

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     @ocean the wildest thing is that every other browser engine is somehow worse than google
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     Johnny Peligro (mischievoustomato@tsundere.love)'s status on Monday, 12-May-2025 09:47:11 JST Johnny Peligro

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     • pettanko
     @pettanko @ocean i'm retarded. I was supposed to say "search engine"
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     pettanko (pettanko@varishangout.net)'s status on Monday, 12-May-2025 09:47:12 JST pettanko

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     • Johnny Peligro
     @mischievoustomato @ocean what even is there besides Firefox
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     pettanko (pettanko@varishangout.net)'s status on Monday, 12-May-2025 10:02:25 JST pettanko

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     • Johnny Peligro
     @mischievoustomato @ocean oh okay that brings the total up to like 5.
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     Miakoda (hellomiakoda@pdx.social)'s status on Monday, 12-May-2025 11:01:49 JST Miakoda

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     @ocean Their monopoly is so bad, "alterntives" are often just putting a privacy layer (hopefully) between you and the shitty Google results

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     GNU Tar (freetar@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Monday, 12-May-2025 16:09:30 JST GNU Tar

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     @ocean
     It became unusable since it demands the execution of proprietary malware. While you can elude this requirement, it is advisable to use 4get to access this and other search engines.
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     jeff (jeff@mk.magicka.org)'s status on Monday, 12-May-2025 16:11:33 JST jeff

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     @ocean@raru.re not shocking, google's evil.

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     djsumdog (djsumdog@djsumdog.com)'s status on Monday, 12-May-2025 16:25:21 JST djsumdog

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     • Nilsk
     I use to love pages 8~10. You use the work "INDEX" and you could get a ton of FTP sites with weird crap.
     
     Today, you can't go past page 10. Most of the times you can't go past page 5. It's very difficult to find minor sites and independent blogs without very specific words.
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     Nilsk (ilsk@theblower.au)'s status on Monday, 12-May-2025 16:25:22 JST Nilsk

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     @ocean

     Remember when people still said “google is your friend” with a straight face?

     Remember when these jokes made sense?

     “The best place to hide a dead body is on page 2 of google search results.”

     “I wish I could Google search for things in my house.”

     “Is your name Google? Because you’ve got everything I’m searching for.”

     Remember when the results were so stable that one could reliably play Googlewhack?

     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googlewhack

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     S (seq@infosec.exchange)'s status on Monday, 12-May-2025 19:49:24 JST S

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     @ocean Not too surprised unfortunately. :/ You happen to have the source handy? I'd love to read more about it.

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     morgunkorn (morgunkorn@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 12-May-2025 19:49:24 JST morgunkorn

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     @seq those 3 paragraphs appear here: https://journalrecord.com/2025/02/20/is-google-making-search-worse-to-sell-more-ads/

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 12-May-2025 19:51:55 JST Rich Felker

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     • :bun: Stellar (not lewd)

     @Stellar @ocean What alternatives? The sites purporting to be are just scraping and repackaging Google and Bing. They do not have their own indices.

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     :bun: Stellar (not lewd) (stellar@mk.absturztau.be)'s status on Monday, 12-May-2025 19:51:56 JST :bun: Stellar (not lewd)

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     @ocean@raru.re i'm not surprised, but i didn't noticed since i use alternatives from google since a long time :ablobcatwink:

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     Kuba Orlik (kuba@toot.kuba-orlik.name)'s status on Tuesday, 13-May-2025 20:16:50 JST Kuba Orlik

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     @ocean f*cking google. Do you have the url to where that quote is from?

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     Warner Crocker (warnercrocker@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 14-May-2025 02:36:19 JST Warner Crocker

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     @ocean Do you have a link to that info on Google that you can share? Thanks in advance.